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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1899

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Gurrundah Road

Goulburn Herald · Monday 13 March 1899 · page 3

Mr. Rose has been informed by the under-secretary for lands that a report upon the application made by Mr. R. Heaton and others for survey of a road from the…

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Railway Excursion

Goulburn Herald · Monday 13 March 1899 · page 4

AN excursion train at cheap fares will leave Goulburn at 3.10 p.m. on 23rd March to enable country residents to visit the metropolis for the 1…

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Railway Accident

Goulburn Herald · Monday 13 March 1899 · page 3

A SERIOUS accident, resulting in the death of three young women, a child, and a boy, while thirty or forty more people were injured, occurred at Rukina, N.Z., on Saturday. The…

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A Serious Railway Accident.—Five Fatalities

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 14 March 1899 · page 2

AUCKLAND, Sunday.—The annual picnic of employes at the Islington Freezing Works was held at Ashburton on Saturday, and ended in the worst railway accident that has…

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Koorawatha-Grenfell Railway

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 15 March 1899 · page 4

A WELL ATTENDED MEETING of the Railway League was held in the Council Chambers on Monday evening. Mr. J. Q. Wood presided, and among those present were Messrs. J…

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Railway Collision in New Zealand. Five Persons Killed

The Burrowa News · Friday 17 March 1899 · page 2

A dreadful railway accident, the most serious that has ever occurred in New Zealand, happened on Saturday night. An excursion train, crowded with…

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Crookwell Railway

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 17 March 1899 · page 2

IN reply to some figures recently published on the Goulburn-to[?] Crookwell railway Mr. Rose says the following are the returns furnished by the…

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Prevention of Railway Accidents. London, Mar. 17

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 18 March 1899 · page 4

In connection with the Railway Accidents Prevention Bill recently introduced in the House of Commons by Mr. T. Ritchie, President of the Board of Trade, providing that the railway…

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Bicycle Road Race

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 21 March 1899 · page 4

ANOTHER impromptu road race over a five miles course on the Windellima Road took place on Saturday afternoon. Between 30 and 40 started and there were several falls. None of the riders…

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Fatal Fall from a Bridge

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 21 March 1899 · page 2

GUNDAGAI, Monday.—A man named James Bourke, said to have recently resident at Wagga, aged 55, was found dead early on Sunday morning by J.A. Hansen on the Gundagai flat under the…

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Shocking Railway Accidents

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 21 March 1899 · page 4

Two shocking railway accidents occurred in Victoria on Saturday. James M'Carthy, the guard of a train returning from Ballarat with holiday makers who had been attending the Victorian Railway…

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The Land. Road Tenders Accepted

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 22 March 1899 · page 3

THE acceptance of the following road tenders has been gazettad:— Kippilaw to Breadslbane, W. H. Weatherstone, Parkesbourne, £214 11/8; Richlands to Wombeyan Caves,…

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Tram Accident

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 22 March 1899 · page 3

While shunting at Yass this morning Corductor Gamble of the Yass tramway fell underneath the carriages, which passed over his arm and so severely crushed it that the…

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New Road to Be Opened

Yass Evening Tribune · Thursday 23 March 1899 · page 2

IT is proposed to resume certain lands for and in connection with an intended road, and to close certain unnecessary roads in compensation therefor. The road to be…

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Serious Tram Accident

Yass Evening Tribune · Thursday 23 March 1899 · page 2

ON Wednesday morning an accident happened to tram guard Frank Gamble, which may yet necessitate the amputation of the unfortunate fellow’s left arm. It appears…

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Supposed Railway Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 23 March 1899 · page 2

On Tuesday evening as the 6.27 p.m. Fernhill to Sydney train was travelling over the Belmore line the guard noticed a man lying on the permanent way. The train was brought to a standstill, and…

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Fatal Railway Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 23 March 1899 · page 2

A BOY named Edward Henry Browne, residing with his mother, a widow, at Brown-street, St. Peters, was ran over by the 6 20 train from Sydney to Be more on Wednesday evening and killed. He…

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The Marrickvillc Tram Fatality

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 23 March 1899 · page 3

ON Tuesday the Sydney corner held an inquest concerning the death of William Gordon, aged 35, residing at Miller-street, North Sydney, who was on the previous…

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The Cape-cairo Railway and Telegraph. London, Mar. 22

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 23 March 1899 · page 2

Count von Bulow, the German Minister for Foreign Affairs, states that the negotiations in regard to the Cape-Cairo railway have not yet been concluded. The telegraph line must, he adds, be…

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A New Railway Goods Rate

Goulburn Herald · Friday 24 March 1899 · page 6

THE railway commissioners are introducing ducing a now track rate for general goods, and it will take effect from the 1st proximio. At the present time, to…

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